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we have not torn up the nato russia or room declaration. russia is so integrated into your. when the russians talk of nato enlargement is something that is excluded from your. the russians are of the council of europe. and before the crisis there were going to join the economic corporation developed. we are keeping those mechanisms for what it was recalling the future european security open hoping that senator later it would come to their senses and realize they had procured a short term through of nationalist exuberant somehow. >> how the russian president has asserted the right of pressure to intervene. some of the baltic states. is there any doubt who at the fresh surtout invade or even try to destabilize and is an, one of the minimum restates that an article five mutual defense full for the defense for would be the reaction? >> the problem is a big part of the public opinion those knives into this in. >> they could be sure and we need to keep an unambiguous there is still concern. >> the central europe. the of the barnabases if you look at the complex set of strategy it
we have not torn up the nato russia or room declaration. russia is so integrated into your. when the russians talk of nato enlargement is something that is excluded from your. the russians are of the council of europe. and before the crisis there were going to join the economic corporation developed. we are keeping those mechanisms for what it was recalling the future european security open hoping that senator later it would come to their senses and realize they had procured a short term...
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we have the russia nato meetings and that was done specifically to recognize that russia would i'm sure think that somehow this was a threat to them, their security and unique gove -- need not go back in history to far to get all that. i was not at the center of every decision but i was in the senate at the time on the foreign relations committee at the time, traveled a lot on this issue and i know our government at the time and our allies at the time did reach out to the russians to try to reassure them that this was about common interests, not about our differences. i think we have had in the last 20 years especially since the implosion of the soviet union we have had ups and downs in the russia-u.s. relationship in the nato-russia relationship that we have had periods of cooperation as well. we do a lot of things with the russians and we have differences. obvious to what has happened in the ukraine as i made clear at least in my opinion and my speech, that was not nato aggression that brought this action songs. and so we will continue to do what civilized nations must do, protect the
we have the russia nato meetings and that was done specifically to recognize that russia would i'm sure think that somehow this was a threat to them, their security and unique gove -- need not go back in history to far to get all that. i was not at the center of every decision but i was in the senate at the time on the foreign relations committee at the time, traveled a lot on this issue and i know our government at the time and our allies at the time did reach out to the russians to try to...
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>> well, the -- depend on what russia does. it takes to to tango, obviously, but from any point of view, is a said before, we don't want to close doors. we kept the nato council operational and still want to cooperate with russia as soon as we can men circumstances allow and dealing with all the oglobal challenges hike afghanistan or counterterrorism where we're constanting with-dos you're talking about to departmentalizing -- >> the point i'm trike to make here in the start run we have no -- short run we have no choice but to face the challenge. so, yes in the short term, deterrence and reassurance, if you like, defense of europe, that has to be the authority. but we are mindful here at nato that the world is not going to stop because of the ukraine problems. we don't have, if you like, any less chaos in syria or problems in the middle east, terrorism spreading across north africa, these things are still with us, so, yes, we have to deal with this issue of reassurance to the baltic states and we still have to work with our par
>> well, the -- depend on what russia does. it takes to to tango, obviously, but from any point of view, is a said before, we don't want to close doors. we kept the nato council operational and still want to cooperate with russia as soon as we can men circumstances allow and dealing with all the oglobal challenges hike afghanistan or counterterrorism where we're constanting with-dos you're talking about to departmentalizing -- >> the point i'm trike to make here in the start run we...
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but despite all of its rhetoric, russia can't be, because russia is causing this instability. this express concern is cynical and disingenuous and meant only to distract us from the reality that is playing out before our eyes. today i want to focus on one main point. from the outset the government of ukraine has sought to resolve all issues peacefully. through dialogue both internally and with the russian federation. this policy of restraint continued even after russia sub subverted crimea, orchestrated an undemocratic separatist vote in crimea, invaded crimea and announced to the world it had annexed to crimea while lying about its intentions and even its presence in crimea every step of the way. as its country has been carved up, as foreign operatives have moved into its homeland, asthmases of -- as masses of troops have assembled along its border ukraine has continuously, day after day, shown remarkable, almost unimaginable restraint. it has done, -- it has done as this council has asked, it has implemented its international agreements, it has refrained from military respon
but despite all of its rhetoric, russia can't be, because russia is causing this instability. this express concern is cynical and disingenuous and meant only to distract us from the reality that is playing out before our eyes. today i want to focus on one main point. from the outset the government of ukraine has sought to resolve all issues peacefully. through dialogue both internally and with the russian federation. this policy of restraint continued even after russia sub subverted crimea,...
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russia and we saw this not as a either or but a way bringing russia closer to nato and giving russia a seat at the table and they voice in all of this. so put together the framework which everybody participated and once this was in place then we could go forward with nato membership the it was all about not repeating the 20th century and even 19th century europe where the small countries had to limit their sovereignty and their foreign policy dependence because they were between two large countries. the geography determine your fate our history was bound to be repeated. for example, one of the reasons why nato came about was because somebody -- some of the earlier ideas of confederation in europe struck people as going back to the very loose legal nation's whole collective security of the 1930s where everybody is responsible for everybody else s security and, therefore, nobody is secure. central and eastern european countries there was a natural rebellion politically against that kind of idea of being in a glass or second class citizen zone. the point want to make is, before transpar
russia and we saw this not as a either or but a way bringing russia closer to nato and giving russia a seat at the table and they voice in all of this. so put together the framework which everybody participated and once this was in place then we could go forward with nato membership the it was all about not repeating the 20th century and even 19th century europe where the small countries had to limit their sovereignty and their foreign policy dependence because they were between two large...
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increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's ballistic missile procurement. with that let me thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. members, we're going to try to conclude our hearing in an hour and a half, so we'll observe the five minute rule. and we'll have as many questions as we can possibly handle. let me start mr. secretary by a follow-up question. when commissioner kuskin was here with the irs, we asked a lot of questions about this proposed 501 c four regulation, and he told the subcommittee that he didn't think that
increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's...
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russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order i might add to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another trip just recently returned -- there and in georgia and in ukraine, would you know there are a number of things that we need to do to help them harden their country. this bill lays those things out. let me give you one example. in the russian speaking of -- in the russian-speaking area of eastern ukraine the only information that the people who are russian-speaking in that part of the world are receiving is coming from russia. it's propaganda. it's talking about things that the united states is doing which we aren't, and t
russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order i might add to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another...
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they're always responding to what russia does. they're always doing something that in essence deals with the situation after something bad has already occurred. this legislation is designed to, again, drive an outcome to show the administration that there is a strategic way to deal with this issue. mr. president, let me tell you what this doesn't do. and i was very disappointed to pick up the "wall street journal" this morning and read on the front page that those of us who are concerned, which, by the way, is strongly bipartisan, strongly bipartisan in this senate, concerned about what's happening in ukraine and concerned about the fact that the administration has not done those things with economic sanctions in a more strong way to cause russia to pay a price for what it's doing. but i was very disappointed to pick up the paper and read where the president said those people who want to see military action by the united states in ukraine -- that's not what this bill does. as a matter of fact, mr. president, what this bill does is
they're always responding to what russia does. they're always doing something that in essence deals with the situation after something bad has already occurred. this legislation is designed to, again, drive an outcome to show the administration that there is a strategic way to deal with this issue. mr. president, let me tell you what this doesn't do. and i was very disappointed to pick up the "wall street journal" this morning and read on the front page that those of us who are...
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together immediately, with a sense of urgency, to insure that european nations are not dependent on russia for the majority of their energy. in this age of new energy markets, in this age of concern about global climate change and carbon overload we ought to be able to rush to the ability to be able to make europe less dependent. and if we do that, that will be one of the greatest single strategic differences that could be made here. we can deliver greater energy independence and help to diversify energy sources that are available to the european markets, and we can expand the energy infrastructure across europe, and we could build up energy storage capacity throughout the continent. third, we have to invest in the underpinnings of our economic partnership. we aring to, europe and the united states -- together, europe and the united states, two of the largest marketplaces in the world, and fact is we can seriously accelerate growth and job creation and serve as a buffer to any negative impacts of some of the steps we need to take if we move on both sides of the atlantic rapidly to complete
together immediately, with a sense of urgency, to insure that european nations are not dependent on russia for the majority of their energy. in this age of new energy markets, in this age of concern about global climate change and carbon overload we ought to be able to rush to the ability to be able to make europe less dependent. and if we do that, that will be one of the greatest single strategic differences that could be made here. we can deliver greater energy independence and help to...
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but what russia's actions in ukraine tell us is that today putin's russia is playing by a different set of rules. and through its occupation of crimea and its subsequent destabilization of eastern ukraine, russia seeks to change the security landscape of east and central europe. so we find ourselves in a defining moment for our transatlantic alliance, and nobody should mistake that. and we are prepared to do what we need to do and to go the distance to uphold that alliance. our strength will come from our unity, and the strength of our alliance always has come from our unity over the course of the 65 years. so together we have to push back against those who want to try to change sovereign borders by force. together we have to support those who simply want to try to live as we do or as others do. i remember being in kiev, and a man came up to me and said, you know, i just came back from australia, and i had to come back here, and i had to be part of this, and i had to work so that people here could live the way i saw people living in australia. in today's era of, you know, mobile devices
but what russia's actions in ukraine tell us is that today putin's russia is playing by a different set of rules. and through its occupation of crimea and its subsequent destabilization of eastern ukraine, russia seeks to change the security landscape of east and central europe. so we find ourselves in a defining moment for our transatlantic alliance, and nobody should mistake that. and we are prepared to do what we need to do and to go the distance to uphold that alliance. our strength will...
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topics will include the treasury department's budget and sanctions against russia. live at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. >> secretary of state john kerry commemorates nato at 65st anniversary and the tenth anniversary of the european union at the atlantic council. live coverage of his speech setting and a one:30 eastern on c-span2. >> my critics in the international community call me arrogant. i will not even honor that with a response. screw them. don't say screw them. let's hit them with some rhetorical eloquence. my friends, our purple mountains with ramparts red glare white with home and justice for all, free planes gallantly streaming, from sea to shining sea with a shining pity on a shining hill above the shining for area and maybe some shiny freeze, i see a shiny america. >> watch this year's white house inner lives that it night. president obama and joe mchale with community headlines before an audience of celebrities, journalists and the white house press corps. coverage starts at 6:00 eastern with red carpet arrivals followed by dinner. live saturday night on
topics will include the treasury department's budget and sanctions against russia. live at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. >> secretary of state john kerry commemorates nato at 65st anniversary and the tenth anniversary of the european union at the atlantic council. live coverage of his speech setting and a one:30 eastern on c-span2. >> my critics in the international community call me arrogant. i will not even honor that with a response. screw them. don't say screw them. let's hit them...
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not sure russia. as well they're not asking for my advice, and it would not give it to them, with a time the poor russian separatists in ukraine can take hostages that only helps the united states in the west. it shows us how, you know, al uncoordinated, and mature, and reactionary those folks are. and i cannot imagine that russia sees that as a positive either. we need to a listen to public opinion, frankly in my view, in order to move changed on the ground. >> on russia i think it is a big deal. at think it is a major change. most of us, and i would not accept -- accept myself had basically in our minds, the cold war is over. we don't have to worry about that anymore. the brazenness of this aggression, similar to tactics we have seen in history. i think it is somewhat startling. and so one conclusion one could draw is that it expands the range of military options for which we have to be prepared. and maybe we thought certain kinds of conflict or in the past and we did not mean that stuff, but maybe
not sure russia. as well they're not asking for my advice, and it would not give it to them, with a time the poor russian separatists in ukraine can take hostages that only helps the united states in the west. it shows us how, you know, al uncoordinated, and mature, and reactionary those folks are. and i cannot imagine that russia sees that as a positive either. we need to a listen to public opinion, frankly in my view, in order to move changed on the ground. >> on russia i think it is a...
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in russia. here's a dirty little secret. vladimir putin isn't all that popular. the last credible polling that i saw came not in the spring from the la plata center in moscow and a suggested that of respondents who voted for -- to participate in the vote for the presidential election, only 34% said they would vote for vladimir putin. in a democratic society, that is catastrophic. even an authoritarian one is deeply charlo, which is why what you see it has to do with the last year has been a deepening of russia's antidemocratic church. the real dilemma for u.s. policymakers is how to square that circle, how to invest in democratic institutions, democratic infrastructure without the messiness meddling in internal affairs about having proxies, whether it's the international republican institute, democratic answer to plot us to commiserated kicked out of the country. i think that's a very difficult needle to thread. that is the reason why the obama it restrictionist spent so little time actually thi
in russia. here's a dirty little secret. vladimir putin isn't all that popular. the last credible polling that i saw came not in the spring from the la plata center in moscow and a suggested that of respondents who voted for -- to participate in the vote for the presidential election, only 34% said they would vote for vladimir putin. in a democratic society, that is catastrophic. even an authoritarian one is deeply charlo, which is why what you see it has to do with the last year has been a...
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what bat the baltic states and russia? are we dealing with a state land here -- no, but just what is your feeling about the baltic states, which are precarious. a lot of russians moved up there during the soviet era. >> let me just start. if there's a move on the baltic states that is going to go way past serious. we have a military commitment to defend those states as a member of nato. we don't have a military guarantee for ukraine. but estonia? we own that problem. and attack on one is an attack on all and that will get military. >> that's exactly right. it's not no accident we don't have security guarantees for ukraine. we have what are called security assurances, something much weaker. but joe is right. at nato allies we have that commitment to the baltic states, and, again, there's been a certain amount of re-negotiating whether we should expand nato into that region, but we did, and now we have those commitments. so that would take us very quickly from the nuisance to the really quite serious level. >> okay. how abou
what bat the baltic states and russia? are we dealing with a state land here -- no, but just what is your feeling about the baltic states, which are precarious. a lot of russians moved up there during the soviet era. >> let me just start. if there's a move on the baltic states that is going to go way past serious. we have a military commitment to defend those states as a member of nato. we don't have a military guarantee for ukraine. but estonia? we own that problem. and attack on one is...